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CALHOUN TIMES I>. B. FREEMAN, Proprietor. QIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN Gordon and Adjoining Counties. Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court'House. HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $2.00 Six Months ■ 1.00 jtlaUroiul Schedule. Western & Atlantic Railroad AND ITS CONNECTIONS. 4 4 KENXESA W ROITE.” The following takes effect may 23d, 1875 NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta .*. 4.10 p.m Arrive Cartersville 6.14 •* Kingston 6.42 “ “ Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.25 “ No. 3 Leave Atlanta 7.0f a.si Arrive Cartersviile 0.22 ~ “ Kingston : 9.66 “ Dalton 11.54 “ Chattanooga 1.66 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 3,30 p.m Arrive Cartersville 7.19 “ “ Kingston 8.21 “ “ Dalton : 11.18 “ SOUTHWARD. No. 2. .eave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m Vrrive Dalton 5.41 “ “ Kingston 7,28 “ “ Cartersville 8.12 “ “ Atlanta 10.15 “ No. 4. ] e: ve Chattanooga 5.00 a.si / n ivc Dalton 7.01 “ “ Kingston 9.07 “ “ Cartersville 9.42 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 p.m No. 12. I as e Dalton 1.00 a.si Ari e Kingston 4.19 '• 1 Cartersville 5.18 “ “ Atlanta 9.20 “ nil nan Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2 be . cei New Orleans and Baltimore. 1 oilman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 bet een Atlanta and Nashville. ) .dim in Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3 bit veer Louisville and Atlanta. No change of cars between New Or ica i' ■!, )bile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Bal more, and only one change to New Yor v. P sseng srs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. si., ari-i.e in New York the second afternoon ther after at 4.00. E cursicn tickets to the Virginia springs and various summer resotts will be on sale in N sv Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Mac >n, Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at gieatly reduced rates, first of June Pa’ties desiring a whole car through to he \ irgima S miners or Baltimore, should a idi\ ss the un lersigned. Pa ties contemplating travel should send f r a copy :f the Kennesaw Route Gazette, c n a ning schedules, etc. , Ask for Tickets va “ Kennesaw outc ” B. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. Change of Schedule. THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND AUGUST A RAILROADS. ON VND AFT Eli SUNDAY, JUNE 28th. 1874, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia j,nd Macon and Augusta ltaßroads will run as foil ws: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Dai/ Pauxagor Train Will L ave Augusta at 8:45 a m L itvi' Atlanta at 7:00 a m A rivj in Augusta at 3:30 p rn A rive in Atlanta at 5:45 p m Niggt Vassenger Train. I eave Augusta at 8:15 p m 1 e;ue Atlanta at 10:30 p m \ri ve in Augusia at 8:15 a m An ivc in Atlant . at 6:22 a m YIACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Macon Passenger Train. I eave AuguP at 0n... 10:45 ani I eavc Camak at 'LI 5 p m Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p in Leave Macon at 6:30 am Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a rn Arrive at Augusta at ‘2:00 p m BERZF.I LI PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4;lo p m Leave Rerzelia at 8:30 a 111 Arrive n lugusta at 9:50 a m Arrive in Berzelia at 5:50 p m Passengers from Athens, AN asliington, At lanta, or iny point on tiie Georgia Rail road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas senger Train, will make close connection at Camak with trains tor Macon and al points beyond. Pullman's (First-Class) Palace sleepin Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on Georgi: Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent, Sirpcri utendent's Office Georgia and Macon and Augusta Raili%fuls, Augusta, Jure 29, 1874, | J K. MAIN, M, I>. PR/ CTICING PHYSICIAN, Ha ing permanently located in Calhoun, offer his professional services to the pub lic. vVill attend all calls when not profes sion lly engaged. Office at the Calhoun Hot l. !? pecial X dice. VIISS HUDGINS can now befound at ill MRS. MILLS’ FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT, 51 Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting in all its branches. Call and see. Mrs. Mills is receiving a full stock ol millin i-y i,,,] fancy notions, latest styles l"b, .straw and velvet hats cloaks acks and wraps in endless Variety. Everything necessary k>“pt for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7m. attention ! TRIE undersigned have located themselves at the Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s Bridge rod, 3J- miles from Oalhou , for the purpose of carrying on THE TANNING BUSINESS. They are prepared to receive hides to tan °o shares, or will exchange leather <or hides. They bind themselves to prepare leather in workmanlike style. WM. HUNIE** & SON. September 14, ib7s.’2m. CALHOUN TIMES. Two Dollars a Year. VOL. YL HUistfUaiicous. CHEAPEST AND BESTd TIOWARD HIDiiAULIO mii:\T! MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Equal toihebest imported Portland Cement. Send for Circular. Try this before buying eu 'here. Refers by permission to Air. A. J. West, President of Cherokee Iron Ccfmpany, Polk county, Georgia, who lias built a splendid dam across Cedar Creek, using this cement, and pronouncing it the best he ever used. Also refer to Messrs. Smith , Son & Bro., J. E. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major 11. Bry an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Sunerin tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge, New York, Gen. Wm, Mcßae, Superintend ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Postell, C. E. Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga octl3l y. IF YOU would enjoy the till 1 I|T|\ most delightful luxury; if 111 lrill II IA t ° u would be speedily,cheap- Uiliillll/ ly, pleasantly and perma nently cured of all Inflam matory, Nervous, Constitu tional and Blood Disorders if you have Rheumatism, Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Bron chitis, Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Piles, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Disease of the Kidneys, Genitals or Skin, Chill and Fever, or other Malarial Affections ; if you would be purified from all Poisons,whether from Drugs or Disease; if you would TYD!/* i Beauty, Health and 11 |l ISll Long Life gto the Fygien- I UIAII. ic Institute,and use Nature’s Great llcmedies.the Turkish Bath, the “ Water-cure Pro cesses,” tie “Movement cure,” Electricity and other Hygienic agei ts. Success is wonderful —curing all cu rable cases. If not able to go and take board, send full account of your case, and get directions for treatment at home. Terms reasona blc. Location, corner Loyd and Wall streets, opposite B 1 fIISS | Passenger Depot, Atlanta, * ill * 'jxo. STAINT!ACIv WIT.SON, I Physician-in-Cliarge. Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna E. & H. T ANTHONY & CO., 501 Broadway, Aew York. (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.) Manufacturers, importers &, Deai ers in CHROMOS AND FRAMES. Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, Graphoscopes an 1 suitable views, Photographic Materials, We are Headquarters fo ' everything in the way of Stereoscopt/coos end Magie Lanterns. Being manufacturers of the Micro-Scientific Lantern , Stereo-Panopticon, University■ Stereoscopt icon, Adveitiser’s Stereoscopt icon , Artopticon , School Jjantern , Family Lantern , Peoples Lantern. Each style being the best of its class in the market. Catalogues of Lanterns and Slide's with directions for using sent on application. Any enterprising man can make money with a magic lantern. Cut out. this advertisement for refer ence “Sft sep29-9m Brick-Layer & Contractor. milE undersigned most respectfully begs i leave to inform the citizens <>f Calhoun and surrounding country that, having pro cured the aid of Mr. Hilburn as a number one bricklayer and Barrey O’Fallon as a number one vock-maso\ is prepared to do all work in t is line in the most sati factory manner and on moderate terms. The pat ronage of the public generally solicited. HENRY M. BILLHIMER. Caliioun, Ga., November 9, 1875. All orders addressed to me as above will receive prompt attention. novlO-ly T.m7 iESXjXjXfiir* LIVERY & SALE STABLE. Good Saddle and Bugsy Horses and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable Will p y the cash for corn in :he ear and ‘‘odder in the bundle. febß-tL GARi^isSEEDSTREE,HEDGE,&c \Ye oiler our usual large auu complete as sortment, embracing the most desirable va rieties and of best quality, and mail price list to any address on receipt- of stamp Seeds of all kinds by acket, ounce, mun L and quart, can be sent by mail to any post office in the United States. EDWARD J. EVANS & CO., Aurseiymen and Seedsmen. J. n-3m, yoBK, Pa. CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1876. We All Have Faults, He who boasts of being perfect is perfect in folly I have been a good deal up and down in the world, and I never did see either a perfect horse, or a perfect man, and I never shall until two Sun lays couie together. You can not get white flour out of a cial Sack, nor perfection out ol human nature ; he who looks fur it had better look for su gar in the sea. The old saying is, “Lifeless, faultless.” Of dead meu we should say nothing but good, but as lor the .iviug, they are all tarred moie or less with the black brush, and half n eye can see it. Every head lias a suit place in it, and every heart ha- its black drop. Every rose has is prickies and every day its night. Even the sun shows spots, and the skies are darkened with clouds. Nobody is so wise but be has folly enough to slock a stall at \ a - Fair. YY here I could not see the foul’s cap. I have, nevertheless, heard the bells jingie. As there is no sun shine without some shadow, so is all hu man good mixed up with more or less evil; poor law guardians have their’iit" tie failings, and parish beadles are not wholly of heavenly nature. The Lest wine has its leer. All men’s faulss are not written on tueir foreheads, and it’s quite well they are not, or hats would need wide brims; yet as sure as eggs are eggs, faults of some sort nestle in every man’s bosom. There’s no telling when a mans sins may show themselves, for hares pop out of a uitch just when you are not looking for them. A horse that is weak in the legs may not stum ble for a mile or two but it’s in him, and the rider had better hold him up well. The tabby-cat is not lapping milk just now, but leave the dairy door open, and we will see if she is not as bad a thief as the kitten. There is Are in the flint, coo' as it looks ; wait till the steel gets a knock at it, and you will see. Everybody can read that rid die, but it is not everybody that will remember to keep his gunpowder out of the way of the caudle. —John Ploughman. ITickungcd. In Oriental countries, the fashions for sleeping are just about the same ai they were two thousand years ago. — The poorer classes in the towns, and the wandering tribes of the steppes and the deseris, are content at bedtime to stretch themselves on the floor of their hut, or on the bare ground, and without blanket or pillow, sleep until moruiutr In the best houses m Damascus and other Mohan edan cities, the sitting rooms are built with niches in the walls of sufficient length and depth to hold the family bedding. When the hour for “ retiring ” —as we should say —has come, the niches yield up their contents which ate spread about upou the floor Each individual is provided with a mat iress, about two feet wide, a blanket, or si k quilt, and a pillow, and, without divesting himself of any portion of his dress, lies down to his slumbers. In w hatever room a person happened to be found, when bedtime has arrived, there he camps down for the night. There’s no question as to who shall occupy the “spare room” there —that's one advan tage ; though we, descendants of the Anglo Saxou race, think a little mure privacy is desirab e. The same Orien tal habit still lingers in Russia. In the mansions and palaces of St. Petersburg, there are few or no bedrooms; b it so fas and camp beds, shut oft from pallors and saloons by marble screens, serve every needed purpose On these couches the imitates of a house dispose themselves whenever and wherever a tendency for sleep overpowers them.— The only preparation nec ssary is to wrap themselves up in the folds of their prelmses. Beading of any sort, there is more often none Disrespect at Home. One of tlie dangers of home-life is this habit of disrespect —that which is hied by lamiliarDy. People who are all beauty and sunshine for a crowd of strange.s for whom they have not the faintest affection, are all ugliness and gloom for their own. by whose love they live. The pleasant little prettiness of dress and personal adornments, which mark the desire to please, are put on only for the ad no ration of those whose almiratioo goes for nothing while the house companions are treated only to ragged gowns and threadbare coats, the touzzled hair and stubby beard, which, if making the ease and comfort of the sans /aeon of home, mark also the difference and disrespect which do so much damage to the sweetness and delicacy of daily life. And what is tiue of the dress is truer still of the manners and tempers of h me, in both of which we find too often that want of respect which run side by side with af fection and the custom of familiarity. It is a vegetable habit under any of its conditions, but never more so than when it invade- the home and endangers still more that whi h is already too much endangered by other things. Parents and upbringers do not pay enough attention to this in the y mug. They allow habits of disrespect to be formed —rude, rou_h, insolent, impa tient —and slave over the see with the stereotyped excuse : '‘They men n th ing by it," which if be looked at aright is worse than no excuse at all, for it they really do mean nothing by it, and their disrespect is not what it seems to be the result of strong anger, uncon trollable temper, but is merely a habit, then it ought tube conquered without loss of time, being merely a manner that hurts all parties alike. •‘Truth Conquers All Things.” To Gentlemen. For one lam heartily tired of wit ne-sin°- the endeavors of gentlemen (of curse none but gentlemen presume to dictate to ladies) to frighten or wheedle ladies into becoming mere household drudges, by assuring them that young i gentlemen “would rather see them at the wash-tub than weeping over the last new novel;” than dance the polka ors s ngan air from a fashionable opera; or see *hem in neat calico gowns, than ar rayed in costly silks i'cc. Following up these attack* by an eulogy on woman’s high mental and moral endowments— “her unbounded influence”—should not suffer herself to degenerate inao a mere plaything,” and so or. If the paper wasted in these vain at tempts to soft soap the ladies into wash er'wnmen, could be restored to its pris tine firm, what a fine washing of clothes would be there, toy country women ! and the time lost in penning this unheed ed advice, would it not more than suf fPe you to “put them out ?” For sure, iv if such arduous accomplishments must necessarily be included in the education of young ladies the stronger sex in America, at last, will never be so in gal lant as to refuse their assistance. What could be a more beautiful illustration of wonienly dependence and manly courage, than a lady gracefully clean sing handkerchiefs and hices, while her loving lord boldly wrestles with the counterpanes and table-cloths. Wha„ an ungrateful animal is man ! in exaction bow like a tyrant ! in re quisition how inconsistent ! With him we dinee, for him we sing ; to be pleas ing in his eyes we“ walk in silk attire;’’ we endeavor to inprove 6ur weak Intel ects tha 1 !' wo may be more worthy of “high consideration ” And what is our recompense ? He requires of us Hercu lean labors, un suited to our stength, services which would forever doffice t he beauty of the hands he so rapturous ly praises, destroy the symmetry of our forms, and turn our “marble brows to granite !” But unfortunately for the success of these young gentlemen do not admire large, rough hands with fingers move rosy that Aurora’s, or nut brown complexions,(the sure fruits’of washing and cooking), nor sfeink “beau- ty when unadorned, adorned the most;” and a lady in tears (if her eyes be not red) is, to them, tho most interesting object in all creation. We will darn vout stockings f >r you gen tie iien ; we ll hem your handkerchief; we’ll make your puddings; but while you continue to prefer smoking cegars to smoking bacon ; mauling each other with hard words in political de bates, to the equally gentlemanly and more useful employment of mauling rail, graciously condescend to pity weakness —let us dance a little, let us make a little music, and oh! leave u time to read and dress a little. Have compassion, kind sirs. Turin us all water nymphs and salamanders. Light Words. This is often said to be a world of cold neglect and scorn—and so it is.— But reader, while you have frequently called it so, have you ever thought that you are one of such a world ? That from your mouth, are often words so cold and unkind, that like a torpedo, they benumb all within their reach ? Perhaps you did not mean to wound a fiiend or make this life to him more lonely. Then you should have with held that last light word. Have you ever seen a gay, lively spir it and light heart, turned to sadness and melancholy? It might have been the effects of a word. Have you seen the ear of the mourner starting afresh ? Tt was a light word that vividly recall ed the past. Have you never seen the poor of this world made to feel more keenly than ever (and heaven knows that it is sharp enough at any time), the sense of destitution ? It was only a light word. Be mindful, then, “Ye little know what misery, From idle words may spring.” But what are idle words ? We watch the lips of t* e young and aged, of the wise and ignorant, of the though fill and giddy, end we hear the audible express ion of careless hearts, but certainly these can not be light words, fur all have their effect deep, serious and last ing. Bight words 1 the very name is mockery —a burden to the heart. For However lightly they fall from the lips, heavily do they rest upon the spirit. The most wonderful curiosity in Co lumbia is a talking gander,belonging to Mr. Thomas Kyall, the hjo b Tier ma ker on Gervais street. Ho is unlike a poll parrot in one particular—his ow ner has but to speak to him and he will reply in every insiance ; whereas a parrot gets stu born at times, and can not und -r any consideration, be made to speak. Lis gandership will recognize his master’s voice amo~g a dozen, ard will single him out of a crowd and wilt follow him around like a dog. If his master starts out of any store or other place in which he may have been sitting quick as thought Mr Gander is alter him. While walking along the street he will engage ill conversation if so i cited to do so by his master, but will to no one else. Considering one of the least intellectual of all fowls, so much so that his name has been a byword and reproach from ‘‘the time that the mem ory of man runneth'not to the contrary,” this biped is considered a rare avis.— Charleston Aeios. llow They Cured the Tutor. He was the pink of perfection. If the cream of human excellence was to be churned, the butter would lump up in the shape of Professor Porteous Prye, tutor. He had contracted the bad hab u of stealing up stairs, in his stocking feet, to see if the lights were out at ten Lt is hard teaching .Id dogs new tricks, but boys sometimes succeed better with old professors. Tommy Pay re is a cadaverous youth, with a sulphur-colored moustache, but the ire u had entered his soul, and he must do what he could. So he bought three papers of carpet tacks one night, and stood the innocent little narls on their heads all the way up and down the stairs, and retired with his faithful followers to the wood-closet above t) await results. Promptly the chapel bell struck ten, then a season of waiting and whispering followed.— Presently there came a furry, creeping sound like woolen stockings feeling their way over rough boards. Tommy tucked his hat in his mouth —his mouth runs clear around, ixcept a small isth - mus which connects the top of his head with the nape of his neck—and held his nose till the first I urst of glee had subsided. Now came a suppressed scream, one foot on the stairs; then an other foot down ; then a scream that wasn’t suppresed; then a howl; he had struck the stair; then he sat down on the next step, but he got up again, and a groan, with ex clamation-points after it, came teaming up to the woo-l-closet. The boys stood back to give Tommy room to kick ; then came a scrambling and shouting of heavy words, and a r distinct uiertion of the name of the “father of iniquity,” and Tom promptly appeared and asked in a voice fresh from the valley cf Nod, “What seems to be the matter?” “Matter!” “the boys;” “the de mons;” “confound it;” “see here;” “help !” —and he shifted about and tried to stand on his knees. Tom brought a light, and the boys carried the wounded man to his room ; offered sympathy ; got a claw hammer and drew out the tack*. The professor wears slippers and sits on a cushion. Tom sits on netttles, for sev enteen boys know the secret, and it is spreading like small pox in an Indian camp. — Detroit Free Press. lie Wanted a Young Maui. A lively inc dentfc occurred on one of the Fulton ferry boats as she was coss ing to Brooklyn, one day last week.— There was the usual crush at the front part of the boat, and three men began to make themselves obnoxious by hust ling their fellow-passengers. They conducted their game so systematically that it soon became apparent that they had an object in view, and at last an old ma.i who the two began to “ work,” informed one of the men, whose hand bad got too near his overcoat pocket to please him, that he didn’t want “any infernal pickpocket fooling around him.” The light-fingered gentleman thought best to brazen it out., and began to in sult the old gentleman. “ Call uic a pickpocket, you old fool,” he said at last; “I’d lick anybody that’d call me a pickpocket, and I’d lick you only yer so old.” “Am I old enough ?” asked a compactly built young man as he step ped up and faced the abusive thief. — Then before an answer conld be return he pinned the latter by the throat, and, as he held him in the air and treated him to an earthquake which lasted about ten minutes, be pointed each shake with an appropri ate remark, such as, “You pickpocket,” “Want <1 young man do you? How do youdike my style '( Why don’t the other pickpocket? come on ? etc. Hav ing nearly shaken the life out of the thief the compact young man wound up by dragging him to the boat’s side, and it was only after a most abject appeal from his victim that he relented of an apparently fixed resolution to throw Ilia, into the river. Customs and Things. In the twelfth and thirteenth centu ries. good manners icquired that per sons of different sexes, when invited to parties, should sit down in couples ar and each couple should have one plate be tween them. In families, one goblet was deemed sufficient for all; and St. Bertrand was disinherited by his fath er, who was afflicted with the ’eprosy, for having wiped the edge of the goblet before he drank. Beds, now such indispensable pieces of furniture, were to the Greeks and Homans articles of grei t luxury. When they exchanged the leaves, and skins of beasts, on which their heroic ancestors reposed, for matresses, and feather beds, the bedsteads were sometimes ivory, sometimes of cedar, and sometimes of s : lver. It would be difficult, now-a-days, in the middle ranks of life, to find beds such as our ancestors slept on, not only with their wives and their children, hut with their dogs and friends. An invi tation to such a couch was then cor sid ered the strongest proof of affection anti confidence that couid be given. The first mirrors were made of metal Cicero carries the origin of them up to Eseuiapius. Moses, too makes mention of them. It was in the time of Poin ! pey that the first mirror was made of silver at Rome. Pliny mentions a bril liant stone, probably talc, thin slices of which being fixed upon a bright, metal reflected objects with great perfection, i The first mirror of glass appeared in i Europe in the latter end of the Cru ! cades. In Advance. Perfectly. Happy. “0, Aunt Edith/’ said Caroline, “if I only had a set of furs like Jeuny Wright, I am sure I should be perfect ly happy." “Do you suffer much from the cold with your old ones ?" “Oh, no, they are warm enough ; but they are so much more beautiful." “1 don’t really think they would make you any happier than you are now. They might please you a short time, but then you would immediately think, if you had anew velvet hat with a white plume it would look with your furs, and you would become unhappy again till you got it ” “I think very likely I should," said Carrie with a half smile. “Now,the truth is,l do not ever expect to see you a great deal happier than you are now unless thjre is a thorough in your character. People have‘about their regular measure of happiness, and they seldom much exceed it. So, dear, remember that happiness is within and not without. As happy a little fellow as I ever re member seeing, was a poor cripple, who was hopping along on a pair of crutches with an old papei'box tied with a string to his crutch, and serving him for a little toy cart The bright look on bis face as he looked back continually to his toy, made a deep impression on uiv mind. Cultivate the liahit of be ivy yleased with little mercies and comforts , and your days will glide on far more happily and usefully than they will if you arc always looking forward to some great source ot enjoyment." A Case of Filial Devotion. Much of the current gossip of the day about town turns upon executions hanging bees and hemp matinees. Ap ropos of this subj ct, Judge Bordeu tells a story, which he vouches for as true and which will bear repeating. A few years since the Judge was presi ding over the trial of a m<n charged with committing murder by the use of poison. The trial took place at a small town not far from Fort Wayne. The jury had been out some time, and as the evidence was very conclusive against the defendant, the general iuv ression was that the jury would find him guilty While the twelve good and lawful men were yet deliberating upon the verdict, a lad, about fifteen years of age, called upon Judge Borden at his hotel, when the following conversation ensued : “ You are Judge Borden, are you not ?" “Yes, my son ; what do you want ?” “ Well, my name is ; I am a son'of the man who is being tried for murder.” “Aha, what can I do for you ?” “ Won’t you have control of my father’s body after'he is hung ?” “ Well, my son, why do you think your father is going to be hung ?” “Because every one says he ought to be.” “Do you think he ought to ?” “No sir I don’t. But if he is, and I guess he will be. I want you to give me the body.” ' “Well,” said the judge, touched with this apparent instance of filial devotion “what will you do with the body if you get it ?” “ Why, sir, two doctors in this town are going to give me S4O for it.” The Judge wilted, and the lad retire ed, satisfied that he had gained his point. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. llow Morton was Horrified. —A Mississippi planter sopping at the Ar lington House, Washington, was brag ging about the very superior quality of some grapes that he had raised on his premises. Senator Morton happened to be standing near at the time, carelessiy putting in his ear, observed : “May I take the liberty of asking, sir. vhat k nd of manuie you use V’ The Miasissippian surveyed his ques tioner a few seconds, and then gravely replied : “ Dead n'ggers.” The horrified Senator feel back in good order, hauled a 1 itttie blank bock out of his coat pocket and promptly made the following memoranda : “Speech —Amnesty Impossible—South Unconquered —Democratic Barbarities Massacre of Blacks —Dead Niggers — Hamburg Grapes.” Household Words. Along about bed time the Detroit wife says she'll goto bed, and husband yawns and goes down the hall. After half am hour he joins her up stairs, and she sleepily inquires: “Did you bolt the side “And did you fasten t at ccller door V’ “Yes.” “And did you put a brace under the knob of the hall door ?” “Yes.” “Sure that all of the windows are nailed down ?” “Yes.” “I’ll bet the window in the spare bed room is up.” “No it isn’t.” “Did you see if the blinds to the pan try windows were fastened ?” “Yes.” i * ? ' “Well put your ’■evolver on the chair, leave a bright light, and if you hear a burglar in the room, for heaven’s sake | don/t wake me up, for I should scream J right- out ” — Detroit Free Frets. Hates of Advertising. l fgjT* For each square of ten lines or less for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. No.SqTs | 1 Mo. | 3 Mos. | b Mot j 1 year.. Two” $4.00 $7.00 I $12.00 s2o.d& Four “ G.OO 10.00 | 18.00 36.0 e f column | 9. 15.00 25.00 40.00 * “ 15.00 25.00 40.00 66.00 1 25.00 40-00 05.00 116.00 Sheriff's Sales, each levy $4 00- Application for Homestead 2 30 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 00- Land Sales, one square 4 00 Each additional square 3 JX) NO. 27. A Spiritualist Convention. A special from Rockford, 111., iO the Chicago Tribune is as follows: All conversation this week has been tinged, with spiritualism, and since the adjourn ment of the convention of the Northern Illinois association of spiritualists peo ple here have done nothing Put talk of the source of the marvels many of our, most eminent citizens witnessed at the teances. In connection with this it doea. seem that a little- incident witnessed by your correspondent at one of the sessions ought to be told. It illustrates that genuine humor peculiar to the Anglo- Saxon nilnd, and which leads men to crack a joke at funerals and upon other solemn occasions. On the night in question the seer medium described in the most earnest manner a beautiful spirit girl, whose name he said was Mary, and who wished to be recognized by her description. No sooner had thd prophet finished his description than a serious-lcoki'ng individual arose,' anti looking in the direction of the spirits exclaimed in a semi-lugubrious voice, “I know that spirit.” The eye of seer brightened, and looking like a man who had done a sharp thing, he said/“ Broth er, what is the spirit’s other name?" “ It is," said the solemn looking party, “ Mary had a little lamb," and he then sat down amidst the hisses of the be lievers, the applause and laughter of the skeptics and the frowns of the embar rassed seer. Ten Excellent Rules —l. Never put off till to-morrew what you can do today. 2. Never trouble others for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap. - • 5. Pride costs more than hunger thirst or cold. 9. Never have to repent of having ea ten too much. 7. Nothing is trouble some that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have those evils cost us which never happened ! Wait then till trials come. 9. Take things always by their smooth handle. Make the most of mercies and do not exaggerate trials. 10. when angry, count ten before you speak ; if very ang-y, a hundred. He' that does this will save himself from much sin and many sorrows. Good Advice. —Quit your pillows, and go about your business, if you have any —it is the first injunction ; if not, seek some. Let the sun’s first rays shine upon your head in the morning, and you shall not want a good hat to defend you from its scorching rays at noon. Earn your breakfast before you eat it; and the sheriff shall not deprive you of your supper. Pursue your call ing with diligence, and your creditor shall not interrupt you. Be temperate ; and your physician shall look in vain for your name on his day-book. If you have a small farm, or a trade that will support your family, and add a hundred dollars a year to your capital.be contented, and never run yourself bald in pursuit of government scrip and wa ter lots in the West. King Alfred’s Dying Words.— “ My dear son, sit thee down beside me, and I will deliver thee true instruction* I feel that my hour is coming, my countenance is wan. My days are al most done. I shall go to another world, and thou shalt be left alone in all my wealth. 1 pray thee, strive to be at father to the children and a lord to thy people. Be thou a father to the chiD dren and a friend to the widow. Com fort thou the poor, shelter the weak, and with all thy might, right that which is wrong. Govern thyself by law ; then shall the Lord 10/e thee, and God above, and all shall be thy reward. Cull upon Him to advise the in all thy need, and He shall help thee in all thou undertakest.” A Thought. — lf memory, instead of softening all the traces, gave us back the original lines of life in their native harshness, who could live on to old age for the catalogue of brokea hopes and disappointed wishes, and pleasures snatched from us never to return, would be more than any human mind could bear. It would harden the heart to marble, or break in its youth. It is happy, too, that in early years oui mind has great power of resistance, the for the novelty of sorrow gives it a dou ble sting. Singular Seals. —The State seal of Indiana is not by any means the most remarkable of the devices employ ed fur that purpose. Georgia offers something more astonishing in a pic ture of an absurd summer house, sup ported by three pillars and guarded by a Continental soldier with weak legs; and Keutucky actually presents a figure of Gen. Washington in the of act hold ing up an intoxicated friend, in order to keep him from falling against a book case >a the background. After this, California’s device of Miuerva sitting ou a Sobne, while a ciunamon beax nibbles her left leg, seems artistic and nice. Repoters should always be even tempered men, but when one rushes wildly ten squares to get a vivid account of a man, breaking a leg he maybe ex cused if ne can’t find any words in the dictionary to suit the occasiou when he i discovers it is a wooden leg.